Mariem Hussein

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• Moroccan Actress Sparks Outrage Over Pro-Israel Social Media Post
  2 December 2020, by Kamal

  Moroccan actress Mariam Hussein, has sparked a wave of outrage, by sharing the publication of an Israeli journalist. She is also a TV host and has incurred the wrath of Internet users who accuse her of defending the Israeli position against the Palestinian cause.
  By sharing the publication of the Israeli adviser, who refuses to link normalization with Arab countries to the Palestinian issue, the Moroccan star has shocked many Internet users, especially Moroccans, for whom the Palestinian (…)

• Iraqi-Moroccan Singer Gifted $270,000 Aston Martin for Valentine’s Day
  17 February 2019, by Amine

  Iraqi-Moroccan artist and singer Meriem Hussein received last Thursday an expensive Valentine’s Day gift, a luxury car worth around 2 billion Moroccan cents (a little over 250,000 euros). She also stated that it is the car of her dreams.
  At the time of receiving the costly gift, an Aston Martin Vanquish, Meriem Hussein took the opportunity to film the scene and post it on Snapchat. She declares there that it is the car of her dreams. In a photo posted on social media, and more (…)

• Moroccan Actress Faces 3-Month Sentence in Dubai for Indecent Assault
  27 July 2019, by Kamal

  The Criminal Court of Dubai issued a judgment on Thursday, July 25, 2019, against the Moroccan actress Mariem Hussein, on the charge of indecent assault. She was sentenced to 3 months in prison and deportation from the Emirati territory.
  The actress is being prosecuted for indecent assault, during the last New Year’s celebrations, in the company of an Emirati artist, Saleh El Jasmi. However, he was acquitted of all charges by the Criminal Court.
  According to the lawyer of the Moroccan (…)

• Dubai Emir Intervenes: Moroccan Actress Mariam Hussein Released from Custody
  11 February 2020, by Kamal

  It was Kuwaiti artist Mohamed Maha who announced the good news in the Story section of his Instagram account. "I would like to announce the good news of the release of Mariam Hussein, who, thank God, has just reunited with her little girl, whose joy cannot be described."
  The intervention of the Emir of Dubai in this case was communicated by the local press, without specifying whether the decision to deport the Moroccan actress has been canceled or not.
  To recall, Mariam Hussein was (…)

• Moroccan Actress Sentenced to Prison, Deportation in UAE Court Ruling
  27 January 2020, by Kamal

  The Criminal Court of Dubai has handed down its final verdict, sentencing Moroccan actress, Mariam Hussein, to a prison sentence and expulsion from Emirati territory.
  This irrevocable decision of the Court, which confirms the first instance judgment, while reducing the prison sentence from 3 to 1 month, has made it possible to exonerate the journalist Salah el Gasmi from the charges brought against him.
  At first instance, the Moroccan actress and the Emirati journalist had been (…)

• Emirati Journalist Sparks Controversy with Threats Against Moroccan Artists
  10 February 2020, by Kamal

  Immediately after the episode of Mariam Hussein, the Moroccan actress and singer, sentenced to prison and deportation, the Emirati journalist, Saleh Jasmi, attacked another Moroccan artist, threatening her with retaliation and insulting her.
  This attitude towards Moroccan women is eliciting mixed reactions from Internet users, who are questioning the real motives behind the journalist’s obsessive behavior.
  "Now it’s Jalila’s turn, who is passing herself off as an Iraqi and claims to (…)

• Moroccan Star’s Blackface Post Sparks Backlash Amid George Floyd Protests
  7 June 2020, by Sylvanus

  Moroccan actress and singer Mariam Hussein’s blackface in support of the anti-racism protests in the United States and elsewhere has provoked the anger of Internet users.
  While Mariam had smeared her face black to protest the death of African-American George Floyd during a police check in Minneapolis on May 25, she has set the web on fire.
  The photo of her that she posted on Instagram has sparked outrage. Some Internet users have criticized the Moroccan star for not having grasped the (…)

• Moroccan Actress Shares Harrowing Dubai Prison Experience After Pardon
  29 April 2020, by Kamal

  Pardoned on February 9 by the Emir of Dubai, Moroccan-born actress Mariam Hussein opens up, in tears, about her difficult time in prison.
  In a video posted on her social media accounts, the actress advised people who want to go out despite the epidemic to "thank God for being under house arrest and not in prison".
  Drawing on her short but painful prison experience, the native of Tetouan confides that prison is a damaged environment that has affected her mental health, and that it cannot (…)

• Moroccan Singer Arrested in Dubai for Flouting COVID-19 Restrictions at Birthday Party
  21 September 2020, by Kamal

  The Dubai police arrested the Moroccan actress and singer, Mariam Hussein, for violating the preventive measures imposed by the United Arab Emirates authorities.
  According to local media, two restaurants in Dubai were booked by the Moroccan artist for the organization of her birthday party. The parties took place without any respect for barrier gestures or social distancing.
  The singer, who had been sentenced earlier this year to prison and deportation from the country, also broadcast (…)

• Moroccan Singer Mariam Hussein Sparks Controversy Over Saad Lamjarred Concert Video
  12 October 2021, by Sylvanus

  The Moroccan singer, Mariam Hussein would have wished that her compatriot Saâd Lamjarred be sentenced to prison for indecent assault. What is the reality?
  It all started with the publication of a video of a Saâd Lamjarred concert at The Address Dubai Marina. In this video, we see the Moroccan star singing in the presence of many celebrities: the Kuwaiti fashionista, Rawan bin Hussain, the Iraqi artist Shatha Hassoun, and the Algerian star Cheb Faudel, etc., reports Albawaba.
  A sequence (…)